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Saeed RH, Abdulrahman ZFA, Mohammad DK. The impact of COVID-19 on microRNA and CD marker expression in AML patients. Sci Rep 2024; 14:14251. [PMID: 38902412 PMCID: PMC11190249 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64775-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
Abstract
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an aggressive leukaemia characterised by uncontrolled blast cell proliferation. miRNAs and Clusters of Differentiation (CD) molecules play essential roles in AML progression. This study aims to investigate the effect of COVID-19 on the expression of circulating miRNA and CD molecules in AML. This cross-sectional study recruited 32 AML patients and 20 controls. Blood samples were collected and analysed using molecular cytogenetic, miRNA/mRNA expression, and flow cytometry techniques. The expression of miRNAs varied significantly between patients with AML and control individuals. The co-expression of these miRNAs was higher (P < 0.05), indicating that the presence of one miRNA led to increased expression of other miRNAs. A differential correlation was observed between miRNAs and CD markers. Additionally, miRNA 16, miRNA 21, and miRNA 221 showed significant downregulation (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively) in AML patients with COVID-19 infection compared to those without a disease. Interestingly, this study identified a higher expression level (P < 0.01) of miRNA 137 as a novel biomarker for AML patients. Moreover, the expression of miRNA 137 showed a high correlation (P < 0.05) with most of the CD markers examined in this study and FISH features data. Furthermore, a strong correlation (P < 0.01) was observed between CD markers and miRNA among AML patients with positive and negative COVID-19 infection. These data demonstrated that COVID-19 contributed to increased expression of microRNAs in AML patients. MicroRNA 137 was identified as a novel microRNA that exhibited significant differences between patients and healthy individuals, highlighting its role in AML pathogenesis.
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- Rastee H Saeed
- Department of Biology, College of Education, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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- College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
- Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine (HERM), Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 141 83, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Cimmino W, Migliorelli D, Singh S, Miglione A, Generelli S, Cinti S. Design of a printed electrochemical strip towards miRNA-21 detection in urine samples: optimization of the experimental procedures for real sample application. Anal Bioanal Chem 2023:10.1007/s00216-023-04659-x. [PMID: 37000212 PMCID: PMC10328899 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04659-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are clinical biomarkers for various human diseases, including cancer. They have been found in liquid biopsy samples, including various bodily fluids. They often play an important role in the early diagnosis and prognosis of cancer, and the development of simple and effective analytical methods would be of pivotal importance for the entire community. The determination of these targets may be affected by the different physicochemical parameters of the specimen of interest. In this work, an electrochemical detection platform for miRNA based on a screen-printed gold electrode was developed. In the present study, miRNA-21 was selected as a model sequence, due to its role in prostate, breast, colon, pancreatic, and liver cancers. A DNA sequence modified with methylene blue (MB) was covalently bound to the electrochemical strip and used to detect the selected target miRNA-21. After optimization of selected parameters in standard solutions, including the study of the effect of pH, the presence of interferent species, and NaCl salt concentration in the background, the application of square-wave voltammetry (SWV) technique allowed the detection of miRNA-21 down to a limit in the order of 2 nM. The developed device was then applied to several urine samples. In this case too, the device showed high selectivity in the presence of the complex matrix, satisfactory repeatability, and a limit of detection in the order of magnitude of nM, similarly as what observed in standard solutions.
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- Wanda Cimmino
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- CSEM SA Centre Suisse d'Electronique Et de Microtechnique, Bahnhofstrasse 1, 7302, Landquart, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- CSEM SA Centre Suisse d'Electronique Et de Microtechnique, Bahnhofstrasse 1, 7302, Landquart, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, 80131, Naples, Italy.
- BAT Center-Interuniversity Center for Studies On Bioinspired Agro-Environmental Technology, University of Napoli Federico II, 80055, Naples, Italy.
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression. They play an important role in many biological processes including human diseases. However, miRNAs are challenging to detect due to their short sequence length and low copy number. A number of conventional (e.g., Northern blot, microarray, and RT-qPCR) and emerging (e.g., nanostructured materials and electrochemical methods) techniques have been developed to detect miRNA, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Some of these techniques have been combined to detect miRNAs as disease biomarkers in point-of-care (POC) settings. Nonetheless, there is still potential for further innovation to facilitate the detection of miRNAs.
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- Afrah Bawazeer
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
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Anastasakis DG, Jacob A, Konstantinidou P, Meguro K, Claypool D, Cekan P, Haase AD, Hafner M. A non-radioactive, improved PAR-CLIP and small RNA cDNA library preparation protocol. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:e45. [PMID: 33503264 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (CLIP) methods are powerful techniques to interrogate direct protein-RNA interactions and dissect posttranscriptional gene regulatory networks. One widely used CLIP variant is photoactivatable ribonucleoside enhanced CLIP (PAR-CLIP) that involves in vivo labeling of nascent RNAs with the photoreactive nucleosides 4-thiouridine (4SU) or 6-thioguanosine (6SG), which can efficiently crosslink to interacting proteins using UVA and UVB light. Crosslinking of 4SU or 6SG to interacting amino acids changes their base-pairing properties and results in characteristic mutations in cDNA libraries prepared for high-throughput sequencing, which can be computationally exploited to remove abundant background from non-crosslinked sequences and help pinpoint RNA binding protein binding sites at nucleotide resolution on a transcriptome-wide scale. Here we present a streamlined protocol for fluorescence-based PAR-CLIP (fPAR-CLIP) that eliminates the need to use radioactivity. It is based on direct ligation of a fluorescently labeled adapter to the 3'end of crosslinked RNA on immobilized ribonucleoproteins, followed by isolation of the adapter-ligated RNA and efficient conversion into cDNA without the previously needed size fractionation on denaturing polyacrylamide gels. These improvements cut the experimentation by half to 2 days and increases sensitivity by 10-100-fold.
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- Dimitrios G Anastasakis
- Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation, National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892 MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation, National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892 MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892 MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology & Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892 MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation, National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892 MD, USA
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- MultiplexDX s.r.o., 841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892 MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation, National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892 MD, USA
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Yagnik G, Liu Z, Rothschild KJ, Lim MJ. Highly Multiplexed Immunohistochemical MALDI-MS Imaging of Biomarkers in Tissues. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:977-988. [PMID: 33631930 PMCID: PMC8033562 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Immunohistochemistry (IHC) combined with fluorescence microscopy provides an important and widely used tool for researchers and pathologists to image multiple biomarkers in tissue specimens. However, multiplex IHC using standard fluorescence microscopy is generally limited to 3-5 different biomarkers, with hyperspectral or multispectral methods limited to 8. We report the development of a new technology based on novel photocleavable mass-tags (PC-MTs) for facile antibody labeling, which enables highly multiplexed IHC based on MALDI mass spectrometric imaging (MALDI-IHC). This approach significantly exceeds the multiplexity of both fluorescence- and previous cleavable mass-tag-based methods. Up to 12-plex MALDI-IHC was demonstrated on mouse brain, human tonsil, and breast cancer tissues specimens, reflecting the known molecular composition, anatomy, and pathology of the targeted biomarkers. Novel dual-labeled fluorescent PC-MT antibodies and label-free small-molecule mass spectrometric imaging greatly extend the capability of this new approach. MALDI-IHC shows promise for use in the fields of tissue pathology, tissue diagnostics, therapeutics, and precision medicine.
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- Gargey Yagnik
- AmberGen,
Inc., 313 Pleasant Street, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472, United States
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- AmberGen,
Inc., 313 Pleasant Street, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472, United States
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- AmberGen,
Inc., 313 Pleasant Street, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472, United States
- Molecular
Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Physics and Photonics Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- AmberGen,
Inc., 313 Pleasant Street, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472, United States
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A novel approach for microRNA in situ hybridization using locked nucleic acid probes. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4504. [PMID: 33627751 PMCID: PMC7904755 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83888-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Identification of target tissue microRNAs (miR) using in situ hybridization (ISH), with digoxigenin-labeled locked nucleic acid (LNA) probes, is influenced by preanalytic parameters. To determine the best retrieval method for common microRNAs, a multiblock composed of paraffin-embedded tonsil, cervix, placenta, and hyperplastic prostate tissue were included. Tissue were fixed in 10% formalin in a range of 5–144 hours (h). Cut sections (5 μm) from the multiblock were subjected to combinations of pretreatment procedures: variable periods of proteinase K (PK) digestion or Heat-induced microRNA Retrieval (HmiRR) using target retrieval solution (TRS) pH 6.1 or 9, with or without enzymatic treatment (pepsin). Results for the overall categories: TRS pH 9 versus PK; p = 2.9e−23, TRS pH 9 versus TRS pH 6.1; p = 1.1e−14, TRS pH 6.1 versus PK; p = 2.9e−03. A long fixation time, resulted in the best microRNA preservation and staining intensity (long vs. short: p = 3.5e−47, long vs. moderate: p = 1.6e−44, moderate vs. short: p = 4.3e−16), was enhanced using HmiRR TRS pH 9 with or without pepsin providing high sensitivity and specificity. These observations conflict with other ISH techniques (e.g., messenger ribonucleic acid), which typically require shorter fixation periods, and therefore, further studies are warranted.
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Zeng Q, Zhang A. Assessing potential mechanisms of arsenic-induced skin lesions and cancers: Human and in vitro evidence. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 260:113919. [PMID: 31995775 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.113919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Environmental exposure to arsenic is a major public health challenge worldwide. In detailing the hallmark signs of chronic arsenic exposure, previous studies have shown that epigenetic and immune dysfunction are associated with arsenic-induced skin lesions; however, knowledge regarding interactions between the mechanisms listed above is limited. In this study, a total of 106 skin samples were collected over the past 20 years. Based on the presence or absence of high arsenic exposure, the participants were divided into arsenic exposure (72) and reference (34) groups. Additionally, the arsenic exposure group was further divided into the non-cancer group (31, including skin hyperpigmentation and hyperkeratosis) and the skin cancer group (41, including Bowen's disease, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma) according to a skin histopathological examination. First, the associations among miR-155, NF-AT1 with immunological dysfunction and arsenic-induced skin lesions and carcinogenesis were confirmed using these skin samples. In the arsenic-exposed group, miR-155-5p, keratin 1(Krt1), keratin 10 (Krt10), and keratin 6c (Krt6c) were significantly increased in the skin (p < 0.05), while NF-AT1, interleukin-2 (IL-2), and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) were significantly decreased (p < 0.05). Clear correlations were observed among these factors (p < 0.05). In immortalized human keratinocytes, silencing and overexpression of NF-AT1 could alter the expression and secretion of immunological dysfunction indicators (IL-2 and IFN-γ) that are induced by arsenic exposure (p < 0.05); however, miR-155-5p levels did not change significantly (p > 0.05). The miR-155-5p mimic and inhibitor could regulate the NF-AT1-mediated immunological dysfunction caused by arsenic (p < 0.05). Our study provides some limited evidence that miR-155-5p regulates the NF-AT1-mediated immunological dysfunction that is involved in the pathogenesis and carcinogenesis of arsenic. The second major finding was that Krt1 and Krt10 are markers of hyperkeratosis caused by arsenic, and Krt6c is a potential biomarker that can reflect arsenic carcinogenesis.
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- Qibing Zeng
- The Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Department of Toxicology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Department of Toxicology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550025, China.
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Carofino BL, Dinshaw KM, Ho PY, Cataisson C, Michalowski AM, Ryscavage A, Alkhas A, Wong NW, Koparde V, Yuspa SH. Head and neck squamous cancer progression is marked by CLIC4 attenuation in tumor epithelium and reciprocal stromal upregulation of miR-142-3p, a novel post-transcriptional regulator of CLIC4. Oncotarget 2019; 10:7251-7275. [PMID: 31921386 PMCID: PMC6944452 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.27387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Chloride intracellular channel 4 (CLIC4) is a tumor suppressor implicated in processes including growth arrest, differentiation, and apoptosis. CLIC4 protein expression is diminished in the tumor parenchyma during progression in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and other neoplasms, but the underlying mechanisms have not been identified. Data from The Cancer Genome Atlas suggest this is not driven by genomic alterations. However, screening and functional assays identified miR-142-3p as a regulator of CLIC4. CLIC4 and miR-142-3p expression are inversely correlated in head and neck (HN) SCC and cervical SCC, particularly in advanced stage cancers. In situ localization revealed that stromal immune cells, not tumor cells, are the predominant source of miR-142-3p in HNSCC. Furthermore, HNSCC single-cell expression data demonstrated that CLIC4 is lower in tumor epithelial cells than in stromal fibroblasts and endothelial cells. Tumor-specific downregulation of CLIC4 was confirmed in an SCC xenograft model concurrent with immune cell infiltration and miR-142-3p upregulation. These findings provide the first evidence of CLIC4 regulation by miRNA. Furthermore, the distinct localization of CLIC4 and miR-142-3p within the HNSCC tumor milieu highlight the limitations of bulk tumor analysis and provide critical considerations for both future mechanistic studies and use of miR-142-3p as a HNSCC biomarker.
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- Brandi L. Carofino
- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- CCR Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (CCBR), Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Advanced Biomedical Computational Science, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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- CCR Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (CCBR), Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Advanced Biomedical Computational Science, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Gupta MP, Tandalam S, Ostrager S, Lever AS, Fung AR, Hurley DD, Alegre GB, Espinal JE, Remmel HL, Mukherjee S, Levine BM, Robins RP, Molina H, Dill BD, Kenific CM, Tuschl T, Lyden D, D'Amico DJ, Pena JTG. Non-reversible tissue fixation retains extracellular vesicles for in situ imaging. Nat Methods 2019; 16:1269-1273. [PMID: 31712780 DOI: 10.1038/s41592-019-0623-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are secreted nanosized particles with many biological functions and pathological associations. The inability to image EVs in fixed tissues has been a major limitation to understanding their role in healthy and diseased tissue microenvironments. Here, we show that crosslinking mammalian tissues with formaldehyde results in significant EV loss, which can be prevented by additional fixation with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) for visualization of EVs in a range of normal and cancer tissues.
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- Mrinali P Gupta
- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- The Rockefeller University, Proteomics Resource Center, New York, NY, USA
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- The Rockefeller University, Proteomics Resource Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation Laboratories, Departments of Pediatrics, and Cell and Developmental Biology, Drukier Institute for Children's Health, Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation Laboratories, Departments of Pediatrics, and Cell and Developmental Biology, Drukier Institute for Children's Health, Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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miRNA-guided diagnostics is a powerful molecular approach for evaluating clinical samples through miRNA detection and/or visualization. To date, this approach has been successfully used to diagnose, manage, and/or monitor a wide range of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases. Despite the promise of miRNA-guided diagnostics, particularly in the field of minimally invasive biomarkers, several knowledge and practical issues confound or hinder translation into routine clinical practice including: miRNA sequence database errors, suboptimal RNA extraction methods, detection assay variability, a vast array of online resources for bioinformatic analyses, and non-standardized statistical analyses for miRNA clinical testing. In this review, we raise awareness of these issues and recommend research directions to help specialists in endocrinology and metabolism integrate miRNA testing into clinical decision-making.
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- Dakota Gustafson
- Laboratory of Translational RNA Biology, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Laboratory of Translational RNA Biology, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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Meyer C, Garzia A, Tuschl T. Simultaneous detection of the subcellular localization of RNAs and proteins in cultured cells by combined multicolor RNA-FISH and IF. Methods 2016; 118-119:101-110. [PMID: 27664292 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 09/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunofluorescence (IF) are sensitive techniques used for detecting nucleic acids and proteins in cultured cells. However, these techniques are rarely applied together, and standard protocols are not readily compatible for sequential application on the same specimen. Here, we provide a user-friendly step-by-step protocol to perform multicolor RNA-FISH in combination with IF to simultaneously detect the subcellular localization of distinct RNAs and proteins in cultured cells. We demonstrate the use of our protocol by analyzing changes in the subcellular distribution of RNAs and proteins in cells exposed to a variety of stress conditions.
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- Cindy Meyer
- Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, United States
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- Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, United States
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- Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, United States.
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Urbanek MO, Nawrocka AU, Krzyzosiak WJ. Small RNA Detection by in Situ Hybridization Methods. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:13259-86. [PMID: 26068454 PMCID: PMC4490494 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160613259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Small noncoding RNAs perform multiple regulatory functions in cells, and their exogenous mimics are widely used in research and experimental therapies to interfere with target gene expression. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are the most thoroughly investigated representatives of the small RNA family, which includes short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), PIWI-associated RNA (piRNAs), and others. Numerous methods have been adopted for the detection and characterization of small RNAs, which is challenging due to their short length and low level of expression. These include molecular biology methods such as real-time RT-PCR, northern blotting, hybridization to microarrays, cloning and sequencing, as well as single cell miRNA detection by microscopy with in situ hybridization (ISH). In this review, we focus on the ISH method, including its fluorescent version (FISH), and we present recent methodological advances that facilitated its successful adaptation for small RNA detection. We discuss relevant technical aspects as well as the advantages and limitations of ISH. We also refer to numerous applications of small RNA ISH in basic research and molecular diagnostics.
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- Martyna O Urbanek
- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14 Str., 61-704 Poznan, Poland.
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- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14 Str., 61-704 Poznan, Poland.
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- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14 Str., 61-704 Poznan, Poland.
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Li BK, Huang PZ, Qiu JL, Liao YD, Hong J, Yuan YF. Upregulation of microRNA-106b is associated with poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma. Diagn Pathol 2014; 9:226. [PMID: 25466449 PMCID: PMC4261545 DOI: 10.1186/s13000-014-0226-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND MicroRNA-106b (miR-106b) is a member of the miR-106b ~ 25 cluster. It has been reported that miR-106b acts as an oncogene and is upregulated in many human cancers. However, the prognostic value of miR-106b in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical significance of miR-106b expression in HCC. METHODS We determined the expression level of miR-106b in 104 cases of paired HCC and adjacent non-tumor tissues by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). The correlation between miR-106b expression and prognosis of HCC was studied by univariate and multivariate analysis. Multivariate analysis of the prognostic factors was performed with Cox proportional hazards model. RESULTS MiR-106b expression was significantly upregulated in as high as 76.0% of HCC tissues, compared with their non-tumor counterparts (P < 0.001). High miR-106b expression was significantly associated with large tumor size (P = 0.019) and vascular invasion (P = 0.016). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that patients with high miR-106b expression had a worse overall survival than patients with low miR-106b expression (log-rank P = 0.004). The multivariate Cox regression analysis indicated that miR-106b expression was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival (HR, 2.002; 95% CI, 1.130-6.977; P = 0.027). CONCLUSION Our data indicated that miR-106b expression was significantly upregulated in HCC and could serve as a potential unfavorable prognostic biomarker. VIRTUAL SLIDES The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here: http://www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu/vs/13000_2014_226.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bin-Kui Li
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China.
- Department of Hepatobiliary Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China.
| | - Pin-Zhu Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China.
- Department of Hepatobiliary Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China.
| | - Ji-Liang Qiu
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China.
- Department of Hepatobiliary Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China.
| | - Ya-Di Liao
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China.
- Department of Hepatobiliary Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China.
| | - Jian Hong
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China.
- Department of Hepatobiliary Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China.
| | - Yun-Fei Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou, China.
- Department of Hepatobiliary Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China.
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